ODRL Requirement 1.5 - Issues List

"Provide additional contract parties or third parties."

Last modified: 1st December 2004

Editor(s): The ODRL Initiative

Specification Draft:

The ODRLv2 supports an unlimited number of contract parties. Whether the parties are beneficiary, asigner or asignee of permissions and duties will be determined via the Permission and Duty element.

Issue Summary:

This is the list of issues the ODRL Initiative has considered, when addressing the respective requirement (see above).

IssueID:	State:	Comment
issue01 - Expressing the various roles of contract parties within the Permission/Duty element.	in discussion	-

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Issue Details:

issue01 - Expressing the various contact roles of parties within the Permission/Duty element.
The contract role of the various contract parties could be expressed via links from the Permission/Duty elements to the Party elements. Both roles, asigner and asignee have to be expressed.
Pro:
- Roles of contract parties are getting very flexible.
- Contract Parties can be grantor and grantee (rights holder and consumer) at the same time. (E.g. if the agreement is stating a barter.)
Contra:
- -?
Code Example:
```
         <o-ex20:permission grantor="party01">  
           <o-ex20:print/>
           <o-ex20:object>asset01</o-ex20:object>
           <o-ex20:beneficiary id="party02"/>
         </o-ex20:permission>
```